POLI 219 Study Guide - Final Guide: Harrison Narcotics Tax Act, Morphine, 6 Years
19 Apr 2017
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Historical background: know in details the history of the drug trade. 19th century: people have been using narcotics for medicinal, recreational, and religious purposes since prehistoric times, refinement of morphine and heroin coming from opium. In this century, opium was produced from south american coca leaves (considered the wonder drugs: sale of narcotics wasn"t regulated at all. 20th century: medicines containing substances such as morphine, opium and coca elements were blamed for the approximately 2 million drug addicts in the us, this lead to the criminalization of non-medical use of these substances with the. Harrison act: popular bands such as rolling stones glamourized drugs such as lsd along with cannabis and antidepressants, cocaine trade in the us was booming. Important key player in the cocaine drug trade is george jung (started out with marijuana and moved onto cocaine afterwards: he"s not serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison. However, if you take a lot, there are negative health effects.
